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Miesto, Czajkowski ZBK Sławek, Rutkiewicz MarcinMiesto An activist, community worker, street culture organiser, architect, connected with the graffiti current since 1993, co-founder of vlepvnet, a gallery and foundation established in 2005 which promotes street art, urban art and actions in the city space; he runs street art workshop for children. ZBK or Czajkowski Sławek Author of murals and city interventions, a curator; he calls himself “an illustrator rooted in city aesthetics,” he does not like to be called a street artist; a curator of the Artyści zewnętrzni. Out of Sth exhibition, thanks to which, together with Joanna Strembalska, he was 42nd in the 2009 100 Obiegu rank – the first such serious presentation of street art in Poland; his works have been used in TVN’s and CroppTown’s advertising campaigns; he is a laureate of the WARTO 2009 Cultural Award of Gazeta Wyborcza in the category of visual arts and the main award in the E. Geppert Competition organised by BWA and the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław; Tristan Marco, who wrote a book on the works of the best street artists entitled Street Sketchbook, calls ZBK the “contemporary Ferdinand Léger.” Hudzik Aleksander – critic, curator, co-author of texts in the Polski Street Art album, he will host the meeting. |
Street Art InsideA meeting and a discussion with artists on the subject of relations between street art and art institutions. By definition, street art is art created in the street, it is independent, socially involved, anti-elitist, often created by anonymous artists. But is this the current perception of street art? Perhaps this area of art has changed so much that the concept of street art should be redefined?  Lately, street art has enjoyed increasing popularity. We see that street art, which used to be independent and uncompromising, enters the space of galleries and museums and turns into an object sought after by collectors and a commodity for sale (Banksy’s works are the perfect example here). Poland keeps up with the West in the matter – the first Polish street art auction was held in the Senatorska Gallery in Warsaw in March 2011.  It is a very heterogeneous current. At the beginning, it was an art engage, which was used to express goals of socially marginalised groups. Polish street art has come a long way from politically involved, critical works (such as the works by members of the Pomarańczowa Alternatywa), through huge advertising murals (e.g. Pewex) to its entrance to the art institution space. Street art in Poland is great, it keeps evolving and accustoms users of the space it infects with its presence. It is no longer seen as mere expression of vandalism – it is becoming a full field of art.  In the face of the “musealising” of street art, a number of questions should be asked. Does it not lose its authenticity in a gallery or in a museum and can we still call it ‘street art’ once it gets there? Are institutions trying to appropriate street art? Is its format in danger of exhaustion and is street art’s presence in galleries a natural course of events? Curators: Stefania Hrycyk, Iga Urbańska Pictures: Maciej Bielski |
11/06/2011
19:00 Street Art Inside
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